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Table 1 Comparison of interviews, linkage, and overall dataset

From: Comparison of reproductive history gathered by interview and by vital records linkage after 40 years of follow-up: Bogalusa Babies

 

interview livebirth and linkage (n = 1024)

interview only, reported at least one livebirth (n = 458)

interview only, reported no births (n = 255)

linkage only (n = 2207)

neither linkage nor interview (n = 1970)

p for difference

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

 

number of visits

          

< 0.01

 1

130

12.7

72

15.7

47

18.4

817

37.0

989

50.2

 

 2

136

13.3

23

5.0

23

9.0

515

23.3

371

18.8

 

 3–4

256

25.0

114

8.6

71

27.8

537

24.3

346

17.6

 

 5–6

195

19.0

89

12.6

44

17.3

216

9.8

160

8.1

 

 7 or more

307

30.0

160

34.9

70

27.5

122

5.5

103

5.2

 

race

          

< 0.01

 black

433

42.3

165

36.0

109

42.8

768

34.8

668

33.9

 

 white

591

57.7

293

64.0

146

57.3

1439

65.2

1302

66.1

 

ever smoker

          

< 0.01

 yes

368

42.3

206

49.3

80

41.5

490

30.8

436

33.5

 

 no

502

57.7

212

50.7

124

58.5

1103

69.2

866

66.5

 

highest parental education

          

< 0.01

  >  high school

347

52.7

139

50.0

72

47.7

312

43.6

162

42.5

 

  high school or less

311

47.3

139

50.0

79

52.3

404

56.4

219

57.5

 

mean SD

age at youngest visit

8.8

3.8

12.9

9.8

9.6

5.5

8.8

3.5

10.0

5.1

< 0.01

age at oldest visit

25.9

12.6

31.1

13.7

25.3

13.3

15.4

8.1

15.1

9.2

< 0.01

age in 2018

44.6

7.3

50.5

8.3

45.2

8.5

42.5

7.4

44.3

9.3

< 0.01

median IQR

year at first visit

1978

1974–1983

1974

1974–1979

1977

1974–1984

1981

1976–1988

1979

1974–1988

< 0.01

year at most recent visit

2000

1993–2014

2000

1993–2014

1999

1992–2014

1988

1985–1994

1988

1980–1994

< 0.01

mean SD

BMI

21.6

5.2

22.5

5.4

22.7

6.4

19.2

4.2

19.5

4.8

< 0.01

child BMI

17.4

3.2

17.3

3.1

18.5

4.0

17.1

2.9

17.3

3.3

< 0.01

adolescent BMI

21.6

4.5

20.7

3.6

23.4

6.3

21.4

4.5

21.4

4.7

0.39

adult BMI

27.3

7.1

26.4

6.3

28.6

9.8

26.1

7.1

25.5

6.6

< 0.01

cholesterol

171.3

26.0

172.4

29.8

170.7

23.8

167.3

26.5

167.5

28.8

< 0.01

child cholesterol

168.4

26.9

166.7

25.8

167.5

28.9

167.6

27.0

168.0

27.9

0.90

adolescent cholesterol

162.3

27.8

157.3

25.4

161.0

28.1

162.5

27.2

160.7

28.3

0.02

adult cholesterol

182.1

31.5

184.4

35.7

177.8

32.5

176.6

34.4

179.2

35.9

< 0.01

systolic blood pressure

103.9

8.8

107.1

10.2

104.4

9.3

100.8

9.0

101.6

10.1

< 0.01

child SBP

97.3

8.0

97.7

8.9

97.9

8.6

96.9

8.6

96.8

8.8

0.19

adolescent SBP

107.6

8.2

107.6

7.7

107.8

8.9

106.8

8.2

107.5

8.7

0.11

adult SBP

110.1

9.8

111.6

10.5

110.7

10.5

109.0

9.8

110.2

9.8

< 0.01

  1. BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range